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How to Make a Paper Carnation
Ever wanted to know how to make a beautiful flower out of paper?
Follow these steps and have fun with children of any age to make a
cute decoration or gift!
>>> http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Paper-Carnation
 
 

 

Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
 - Malcolm Forbes
 
Open Mind... no filled up
Education but also entrepreneurship and business...
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Malcolm Stevenson Forbes (August 19, 1919 – February 24, 1990) was
publisher of Forbes magazine, founded by his father B.C. Forbes and
today run by his son Steve Forbes.
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Forbes
 

Forbes Magazine headquarters, New York City

It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of
life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at
That goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.
 - Arnold Toynbee
 
Think big, start small...
Apply it to your own business, startup, personal life...
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Arnold Toynbee (23 August 1852 – 9 March 1883) was an English economic
historian also noted for his social commitment and desire to improve
the living conditions of the working classes
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Toynbee
 

If you would be a real seeker after truth,
it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt,
as far as possible, all things.
 - Rene Descartes
 
Same principle applies to any plan, project, business, startup your are in...
Not just once, do it as many times as possible...
- JFA
 
René Descartes (French pronunciation: [ʁəne dekaʁt]), (31 March 1596 –
11 February 1650), also known as Renatus Cartesius (Latinized
form),[2] was a French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and
writer who spent most of his adult life in the Dutch Republic. He has
been dubbed the "Father of Modern Philosophy," and much of subsequent
Western philosophy is a response to his writings, which continue to be
studied closely to this day. In particular, his Meditations on First
Philosophy continues to be a standard text at most university
philosophy departments. Descartes' influence in mathematics is also
apparent, the Cartesian coordinate system allowing geometric shapes to
be expressed in algebraic equations being named for him. He is
accredited as the father of analytical geometry. Descartes was also
one of the key figures in the Scientific Revolution.
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/René_Descartes
 

 
René Descartes. Portrait after Frans Hals, 1648.

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity.
When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims,
one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms,
like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.
 - George Orwell
 
Is insincerity banned from social media? Yes I do think so...
So is why 140 caracters twitter are long enough...
So is why any politician speech is useless..
So is why like Orwell we must fight for less State control, even when
facing whatever crisis or terrorism...
- JFA
 
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Eric Arthur Blair (25 June, 1903 – 21 January, 1950),[1] better known
by his pen name George Orwell, was an English author. His work is
marked by a profound consciousness of social injustice, an intense
opposition to totalitarianism, a passion for clarity in language and a
belief in democratic socialism.[2]
Considered "perhaps the 20th century's best chronicler of English
culture,"[3] he wrote works in many different genres including novels,
essays, polemic journalism, literary reviews, and poetry. His most
famous works are the satirical novel Animal Farm (1945) and the
dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949).
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell
 
 

How to Prevent and Prepare for Swine Flu

 Swine Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by
type A influenza viruses. The symptoms are similar to that of the
familiar seasonal flu. As of April 29, 2009 there are a limited number
of laboratory confirmed cases: 172 in Mexico, 91 in the US, 13 in
Canada, and a handful of cases in Europe and Asia.[1] Swine influenza
is not currently a pandemic.

 In the event that swine flu becomes a pandemic, everyday life would be
disrupted because so many people in so many places become seriously
ill at the same time. Impacts can range from school and business
closings to the interruption of basic services such as public
transportation and food delivery. The following steps will help you
prepare for the worst case scenario

 >>> http://www.wikihow.com/Prevent-and-Prepare-for-Swine-Flu

- I like the expression, and you... well I like salmon... scottish or norwegian
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Aisle Salmon
The act of moving in the opposite direction of everyone else using the
aisle. While they can be spotted in any type of aisle, they are
frequently seen on airlines during loading and deplaning.
Did you see the 'aisle salmon' trying to work his way back five rows
to get a roller bag our of the overhead while everyone was trying to
get off the plane?
>>> http://www.urbandictionary.com/
 
Urban Dictionary is the slang dictionary you wrote. Define your world
3,917,722 definitions written since 1999
 
aisle
c.1370, ele, from O.Fr. ele "wing" (of a church), from L. ala, related
to axilla "wing, upper arm, armpit," from PIE *aks- "axis" (see axis),
via a suffixed form *aks-la-. The root meaning in "turning" connects
it with axle and axis. Confused 15c. with unrelated ile "island"
(perhaps from notion of a "detached" part of a church), and so it took
an -s- when isle did, c.1700; by 1750 it had acquired an a-, on the
model of Fr. cognate aile. The word also was confused with alley,
which gave it the sense of "passage between rows of pews or seats"
(1731), which was then extended to railway cars, theaters, etc.
>>> http://www.etymonline.com
 
Salmon is the common name for several species of fish of the family
Salmonidae. Several other fish in the family are called trout, the
difference is often attributed to the migratory life of the salmon as
compared to the residential behaviour of trout, this holds true for
the Salmo genus. Salmon live in both the Atlantic (one migratory
species Salmo salar) and Pacific Oceans, as well as the Great Lakes
(approximately a dozen species of the genus Oncorhynchus).
Typically, salmon are anadromous: they are born in fresh water,
migrate to the ocean, then return to fresh water to reproduce.
However, there are rare species that can only survive in fresh water
habitats. This is most likely due to the domestication of these
certain species of Salmon. Folklore has it that the fish return to the
exact spot where they were born to spawn, tracking studies have shown
this to be true but the nature of how this memory works has long been
debated.
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmon
 

 

Edouard Manet: Still Life with Salmon
 

 
 
 
 
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It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.
 - Oscar Wilde
 
So twitter is useful? So do I think
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Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November
1900) was an Irish playwright, poet and author of numerous short
stories and one novel. Known for his biting wit, he became one of the
most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and
one of the greatest celebrities of his day. Several of his plays
continue to be widely performed, especially The Importance of Being
Earnest. As the result of a widely covered series of trials, Wilde
suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned for two years hard
labour after being convicted of "gross indecency" with other men.
After Wilde was released from prison he set sail for Dieppe by the
night ferry. He never returned to Ireland or Britain.
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde
 

I feel sometimes unconfortable with 140 only... but get used to it...
and grateful
And you?
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